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Webster 1913 Edition


Quintuple

Quin′tu-ple

,
Adj.
[L.
quintus
fifth: cf. F.
quintuple
, L.
quintuplex
. Cf.
Quadruple
.]
Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
Quintuple time
(Mus.)
,
a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used.

Quin′tu-ple

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quintupled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Quintupling
.]
[Cf. F.
quintupler
.]
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quintuple

QUINT'UPLE

,
Adj.
[L. quintuplus, fivefold; quintus and plico.]
Fivefold; containing five times the amount.

Definition 2024


quintuple

quintuple

See also: quintuplé and quíntuple

English

English numbers
50
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    Cardinal : five
    Ordinal : fifth
    Multiplier : quintuple

Adjective

quintuple (not comparable)

  1. having five parts or members
  2. five times as much

Translations

Noun

quintuple (plural quintuples)

  1. a fivefold amount

Translations

Verb

quintuple (third-person singular simple present quintuples, present participle quintupling, simple past and past participle quintupled) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to multiply something (or be multiplied) by five

Translations

Derived terms

See also

Coefficient Noun Result
1 single singlet
2 double doublet
twin
3 triple triplet
4 quadruple quadruplet
5 quintuple
pentuple
quintuplet
pentuplet
6 sextuple
hextuple
sextuplet
hextuplet
7 septuple
heptuple
septuplet
heptuplet
8 octuple octuplet
9 nonuple nonuplet
10 decuple decuplet
11 undecuple
hendecuple
undecuplet
hendecuplet
12 duodecuple duodecuplet
13 tredecuple tredecuplet
100 centuple centuplet
many multiple multiplet

French

Etymology

From Latin quintus.

Noun

quintuple m (plural quintuples)

  1. quintuple
    Donne-moi de l'argent et je t'en rendrais le quintuple. Give me the money, and I'll pay you back five-fold.

Italian

Adjective

quintuple

  1. Feminine plural form of quintuplo